MDKSA-2001:024-1

Problem description

A buffer overflow exists in the sudo program which could be used by an
attacker to obtain higher privileges. sudo is a program used to
delegate superuser privileges to ordinary users and only for specific
commands.
Update:
The sudo package for 7.1 used the system-auth facility of newer pam
versions and thus would not install or work correctly under Linux-
Mandrake 7.1. This update resolves the dependancy issue as well as
provides the correct pam configuration file.